salawal
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Malay seluar (“pants”), from Persian شلوار (šalvār, “pants”). Compare Pangasinan sanual, Bikol Central sarawal, and Tausug sawwal.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
salawál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜏᜎ᜔)
- underpants
- Synonym: kalson
- 1992, National Mid-week:
- Isang batang babae ang may nakalambitin sa likuran na batang paslit, mag-iisang taong gulang pa lang yata at walang salawal. Lumingon ang paslit. Kinawayan namin.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- trousers; pants; pantaloons
- Synonym: pantalon
- (dialectal) shorts
- (historical) precolonial dhoti-like male garment
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Further reading[edit]
- “salawal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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